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Gateway course success

Gateway course success. Transforming Remediation. Bruce Vandal Twitter: @ BruceatCCA. Too many students start college in remediation. Too many entering freshmen need remediation. 51.7%. of those entering a 2-year college enrolled in remediation . 19.9%.

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Gateway course success

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  1. Gateway course success Transforming Remediation • Bruce Vandal • Twitter: @BruceatCCA

  2. Too many students start college in remediation.

  3. Too many entering freshmen need remediation. 51.7% of those entering a 2-year college enrolled in remediation 19.9% of those entering a 4-year college enrolled in remediation Source: Fall 2006 cohorts

  4. Too few remedial students ever graduate.

  5. Most remedial students never graduate. Source: Completion data: fall 2006 cohorts; graduation data: 2-year, fall 2004 cohorts; 4-year, fall 2002 cohorts

  6. Student attrition is at the heart of the matter.

  7. Few Ever Get to Gateway 70% of students placed into remediation fail to enroll in a gateway course in two academic years

  8. Guiding Objective Students complete gateway courses and enter programs of study in one academic year

  9. Policy Objectives for Gateway Course Success • Design STEM and non-STEM math options. • The default placement for most students will be gateway courses. • Provide additional academic support as corequisite, not prerequisite. • Establish a placement range instead of a single cut score.

  10. Mathematics must be aligned with programs of study.

  11. University System of GeorgiaMathematics Task Force: “College Algebra was designed explicitly to meet the needs of students who are preparing to take Precalculus and Calculus.”

  12. College Algebra’s Only Purpose :Preparation for Calculus STEM

  13. STEM

  14. Providing Academic Support as a Corequisite

  15. One Semester Redesigned Gateway Gateway

  16. One Semester Corequisite Results

  17. One Year Corequisite Semester 1 Semester 2 Quantitative Reasoning Gateway Content Academic Support College Success Skills Statistics Gateway STEM

  18. One Year Corequisite Results Carnegie Statway Success in gateway math within one academic year

  19. Aligned and Parallel Support in Technical Certificate Programs • Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology • Work Keys/Keytrain • Required, Proctored Lab • Competency-based, Self-paced

  20. TCAT Results 79% Graduation Rate All Complete Academic Support

  21. Placement into gateway courses and programs of study

  22. Multiple Measures Can Help Determine Appropriate Support in Gateway Courses • High school Performance (GPA/Senior Year Courses) • High School Transcripts • Placement/Entrance Exams • “Grit”

  23. Using Non-Cognitive Variables, Like Grit • Grit, like cognitive ability, falls within a normal distribution. • The higher education system was built for students with high grit and high academic ability. • We don’t know if we can teach grit – but we can remove the unnecessary barriers that prevent student success.

  24. Current Model Enrolls Most Students into Remediation Remediation Gateway Percent of Students 70% 30% Student Placement Data

  25. New Model Enrolls Most in College Gateway Course with Corequisite Support Test Prep or Technical Certificate Gateway Percent of Students 10% 60% 30% Student Placement Data

  26. A Broad Placement Range Less than 2.0 HS GPA or ACT Below 14 or Equivalent 2.5 High School GPA or ACT 19 or Equivalent 2.0 – 2.5 High School GPA or ACT 14-18 or Equivalent Percent of Students Student Placement Data

  27. Goal of Assessment Reform : More Students in Gateway Courses DON’T: • Try to build the perfect test • Create a new rigid system for sorting students DO: • Dismantle unnecessary barriers by placing the vast majority in gateway courses • Accept that the majority of students need some support – cognitive and non-cognitive • Provide that support in the college-level gateway course – as a co-requisite

  28. Policy Objectives for Gateway Course Success • Design STEM and non-STEM math options. • The default placement for most students will be gateway courses. • Provide additional academic support as corequisite, not prerequisite. • Establish a placement range instead of a single cut score.

  29. Gateway course success Transforming Remediation • Bruce Vandal • Twitter: @BruceatCCA

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